Help ID this coral?

Reeferem · Apr 8, 2020

Hi just wondering exactly what this coral is? Some kind of softy. Anyone got any idea?

Angel_Anthias lover · Apr 8, 2020

Nepthea leather coral?

fishguy242 · Apr 8, 2020

?? but looks nice ,love to see with full polyp ext,

Reeferem · Apr 8, 2020

fishguy242 said:
?? but looks nice ,love to see with full polyp ext,

I am wondering if this is maybe as extended as the will get.. Someone suggested it may be a cepspitularia, which doesn’t have the nice fluffiness that nepthea and Kenya trees have

fishguy242 · Apr 8, 2020

how long have you had it?

Angel_Anthias lover · Apr 8, 2020

I have a nepthea coral, and the structure and texture of yours looks extremely similair to mine. However mine has less polyp extension from when i first got it and idky.

Reeferem · Apr 8, 2020

Angel_Anthias lover said:
I have a nepthea coral, and the structure and texture of yours looks extremely similair to mine. However mine has less polyp extension from when i first got it and idky.

Thanks for the reply. I’ve only had it a week so guess I’ll have to be patient and see if it opens up any further! Do you have a picture of yours? I’d love to see

Angel_Anthias lover · Apr 8, 2020

Ill try and take a photo later on as the lights are off, and the tank is in is really hard to take good photos of because of the lights lol. Ill see if i have any good ones for you though, but not too sure i do

Angel_Anthias lover · Apr 8, 2020

Thats the best photo i can find, its a bit sad looking in that photo, probably because i did a water change or something

Reeferem · Apr 8, 2020

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Angel_Anthias lover said:
Thats the best photo i can find, its a bit sad looking in that photo, probably because i did a water change or something

thanks! Cute sea horse

Angel_Anthias lover · Apr 8, 2020

Reeferem said:
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thanks! Cute sea horse

Np lol. I will assure you that if it is nepthea its a really hardy coral. Mine had a tonne of flatworms on it at one point, and i decided to freshwater dip it. Id never FW fipped anything before so i was a little nervous and forgot that it was RO water you used and i used tap water. Needless to say it looked dead for anout a month with a horrible grey brown layer of dead skin, but it all peeled off and it continued to live lol

Reeferem · Apr 8, 2020

Angel_Anthias lover said:
Np lol. I will assure you that if it is nepthea its a really hardy coral. Mine had a tonne of flatworms on it at one point, and i decided to freshwater dip it. Id never FW fipped anything before so i was a little nervous and forgot that it was RO water you used and i used tap water. Needless to say it looked dead for anout a month with a horrible grey brown layer of dead skin, but it all peeled off and it continued to live lol

Haha well good to know!!